Pelican 1740 with Multiple Gun Storage Inside?

[BuffCyclist]

Just get the Pelican the size you need with the pick and pluck foam .... then grab an old electric carving knife. and go to town custom fitting to exactly what you have .


save money. get perfect to your needs.

I want to get polyethylene foam, its denser than pick n pluck foam and does not absorb water, so its ideal for long term storage of firearms. I also want to make the cutouts in the foam more universal, so to speak, so that it will hold any long gun so long as its no longer than 40-41 inches, etc

[clublights]

I want to get polyethylene foam, its denser than pick n pluck foam and does not absorb water, so its ideal for long term storage of firearms. I also want to make the cutouts in the foam more universal, so to speak, so that it will hold any long gun so long as its no longer than 40-41 inches, etc

True But I'd think the silica gel would solve that part.. but then again I've never owned a weapon and lived in a humid climate .... hell I've never lived in a humid climate... I'm a high Desert Kid ... Here, New Mexico, Las Vegas.... all dry

[BuffCyclist]

Silica gel only absorbs so much water before it is saturated. I would think if the foam is wet and touching a gun, it would start rusting before that water evaporated and was sucked up by the silica gel.

[rbeau30]

http://www.amazon.com/Gram-Silica-Ge.../dp/B006LMDBS4

$25 bucks for 5 and you can reuse them if you have a 200 degree oven.

If you buy the stuff up here (arid environment) or keep it in the open up here for a bit, recharge a bunch of these things and seal em up, should be good to go. If you keep the metal surfaces properly lubed before and after touching (I grew up in wisconsin, fingerprints turn into rusty fingerprints in days.) I think you would be good. I read somewhere that the desiccant that you get at walmart and stuff in the bucket is actually an acid, you may want to steer away from that stuff.

[BuffCyclist]

Thanks, I already have a huge canister of high quality desiccant, but had planned on getting some of those packs already.

The more I think about it, the more I'm leaning towards buying the Pelican 1740 with polyethylene foam already in it, cut out 4 rifle slots and then just store pistols in the 4th slot until I either finish my other AR or decide to buy a dedicated pistol case. I just hope I'm able to cut out the polyethylene foam as easily/cleanly as I think I can.

[clublights]

Thanks, I already have a huge canister of high quality desiccant, but had planned on getting some of those packs already.

The more I think about it, the more I'm leaning towards buying the Pelican 1740 with polyethylene foam already in it, cut out 4 rifle slots and then just store pistols in the 4th slot until I either finish my other AR or decide to buy a dedicated pistol case. I just hope I'm able to cut out the polyethylene foam as easily/cleanly as I think I can.

Electric Carving knife or a "hot Knife" I think I saw on some youtube vid how to make you own hot knife.( google?) I've used my electric a few times .. easy as pie to cut the foam .. also easy to make mistakes.. but a little 3M 77 spray and all is good again .

[BuffCyclist]

Electric Carving knife or a "hot Knife" I think I saw on some youtube vid how to make you own hot knife.( google?) I've used my electric a few times .. easy as pie to cut the foam .. also easy to make mistakes.. but a little 3M 77 spray and all is good again .

You had great success with an electric knife on closed cell polyethylene foam? The foam that doesn't compress much?

If that's the case, then I'm not that worried about it. Drafting up a rough design right now, just found a major problem with my AR, the handguard is too wide!! If I replace it with something else, then the AR will fit (tightly) in a 2" wide slot, then I could have 4 slots that are all 2" wide. The 4th slot could hold pistols with a 1" piece of foam to tighten the pistols in place.

[clublights]

I dunno about the particular type of foam your using but I've used electric carving knifes on soft and harder foams and styrofoam ( making set pieces for bands)

I'd say try it on a piece of similar material and see how you feel about it first .

[KS63]

just the cut foam for most of their pistol cases is an option, but its about $100-120 depending on the case.

For instance: http://www.caseclub.com/6-pistol-case.htm

Just below the "Add to Cart" button, it says:


A Pelican 1520 case is around $115. Or you can buy the combo kit for $198.54, so you do save money buying together with them unless you have a plethora of pelican cases just lying around unused.

Thanks. I emailed them about selling only the foam for a 4 pistol plus storage design and it's $131. Yikes!

[hatidua]

Put a good lock on a closet door and a floor-mounted light bulb (which will take care of the humidity). While I own nearly a dozen Pelican cases, they are only justifiable if you are planning on the case dropping on the ground on a regular basis or if your guns are being handled by airline baggage people. It's your money, but buying a Pelican for in-home storage seems like 3rd or 4th best option....maybe not even that high on the list.